Saturday, July 05, 2014

Making waves today?




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  1. Mum offered an interesting suggestion. Should couldn't remember who she first hear propound it except she thought it was a print reporter.

    Rather than Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate in 2016 should be Al Gore. I can go along with that. What do you guys think?

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    1. Well, I don't think that's going to happen--but in terms of competence he seems ahead of some others. At this point I don't see any attractive candidates for either the D's or the R's. I remember Mr. gore's guest spot on Saturday Night Live.

      --Alan

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    2. Gore is 66 now. At the end of his second term he would be slightly younger than I am. That seems doable.

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  2. Cooler here than yesterday--we left the windows open until about 10 AM; predicted high is 104, but tomorrow is supposed to be a bit warmer--107. Gardening in the evening.

    I plan to watch "Waterloo" with Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer this evening; I saw it when it was originally in the theaters (1970); that's long enough to forget almost enough to make it new.

    --Alan

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  3. Much as I still ache that Bill Clinton's mistake lost Al Gore the presidency, I think that his work on global warming and his separation from Tipper would lose him the presidency this time around. It's complicated; they've been separated for 4 years, are still married, and both are dating other people. I know that's personal stuff, but it won't fly well with voters.

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  4. Not only would it probably not fly with the voters, I doubt the Gores would be willing to put themselves through it. Nixon (allegedly) came back from losing the Presidency through fraud, but I don't think Mr. Gore has anything like the drive of Nixon (fire in the belly, if you will).

    On another note, I have changed the startup page for all the browsers on my laptop to StartPage [Click], a secure interface to Google searches--certified for privacy by the EU. I will shortly change all the browsers on our iMac to match, except for the one Miyoko uses for Japanese web browsing.

    There were a lot of evidently happy earthworms at the bottom of the compost heap. The top layers were too dry, so I put them back together with some of the finished product to seed them, and watered the works down well.

    And now to watch Waterloo. with Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer!

    --Alan

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